HomeGoods Happy Living Room Makeover and GIVEAWAY!

HomeGoods recently challenged me to spread some happiness to someone else as part of their ‘Happiness Happens’ campaign. I love happiness. And I love HomeGoods. Challenge accepted!

I was given a $250 giftcard and a limited amount of time to spread some cheer, so I called up my friend Charity and asked if my giftcard and I could come jazzify a space in her home. She said, “Gee, let me thi…SURE!”

Charity claimed that living room was in desperate need of color, so I went over there to take a look.

Diagnoses: correct. Lots of tan. (To be fair, we didn’t attempt to straighten up before taking these pics. In fact, I think I kicked a sleeping person off the couch seconds prior to shooting this one. Unadulterated before pics, gotta love ‘em).

Since I had to stretch such a limited budget in a short time frame, I knew I would need to work with all that tan, not against it. I couldn’t just go throw a bunch of zany colors in there and hope it would cancel out the brown.

So I thought I’d go for a ‘beachy’ kind of feel, using the tan as a neutral backdrop to bring in a few gentle blues and greens.

This cute little pillow reminded me of seashells.

A pretty throw for some color and softness, a rug to anchor the space and break up all that tile, some curtains too bring in some pattern. HomeGoods always has a great selection of curtains, but can I humbly beg for curtain manufacturers to PLEASE start offering them in sizes longer than 84″? That is the standard length, and it’s just not long enough. I had to take out the hem to give these a few more inches, and it still didn’t quite touch the floor.

So here’s the full view:

I would have loved to find a rug with more color, but I was at the mercy of what HomeGoods had in stock that day, so white it is. I love white, and I think it really brightened up the room, so I’m not too worried about it, even if a white rug is not ideal for everyone. Charity has teenage girls, who are slightly different than say, toddler boys, so I think it will be ok, and it’s so nice and fluffy compared to lounging on the tile before.

And speaking of the slippery tile, the sofa used to slide around and smoosh up against the vertical blinds on it before, but the rug keeps it firmly in place now.

Budget Breakdown:

Rug: $99
Pillows: $35 (I made the ikat ones myself)
Mirror: $39
Throw: $15
Curtains: $40
Accessories: (vase, picture frame) $22

When it came down to it, I came within 69 cents of my budget! Woohoo! Not a bad change for an afternoon of work, and Charity is super happy with it, so I’m happy too!

And now HomeGoods wants to spread some happiness to you! Simply leave a comment here, and you’re entered to win a $100 gift card to HomeGoods!

That’s it!

You can also use the hashtag #homegoodshappy to share your finds on social media, or see how others have styled their HomeGoods items in their own spaces. Fun!

Thanks HomeGoods! Have a good weekend friends. Winner will be announced on Monday.